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Some scrounging around, and I got hold of a flexible strip of plastic that was large enough to bend into a ring – there was the necessary stiffener. After temporarily fixing it with tape, a few drilled holes and some … Continue reading →

So the first thing the little limp lion now needed was some sort of lightweight stiffener for the chalkbag itself. Coincidentally, we had some foamed rubber lying around, so that got conscripted, cut into a fitting wide strip, and sewn … Continue reading →

Last summer, I took home a plushy toy rat, and it miraculously turned into a chalkbag for bouldering. A few days ago, a friend of ours, also a climber/boulderer, had his birthday… and just before the party, we found, by … Continue reading →

As is usual when you travel, you discover things that are very different from home, and things that are similar, and things that are almost the same. In some ways, Finland seemed very similar to here – the people are … Continue reading →

If you watched the bouldering videos, you might have noticed that there are white spots on parts of the wall, and there is white stuff on some of the holds, and there’s also white stuff on our hands. That is … Continue reading →

Since at least a few of you seem to have found the bouldering videos amusing, here’s a second pair. We did these quite a while ago, and it took me ages to find the solution that worked for me, and … Continue reading →